Front Cover:Hand-colored post card from the turn of last century
when Baku was an oil boom town. Courtesy of Yagub Karimov.

Back Cover:Jujalarim Children's Drumming Group standing
in front of Baku's most famous landmark, the Maiden's
Tower. Courtesy British Petroleum, Photo:
Oleg Litvin.

Life for peoples of the
former Soviet Union is in a state of transition and flux since
the collapse of the Soviet centralized government. Traditions,
expectations and cultural patterns are in transition.